Columns

That Americans find themselves worrying about their right to privacy is to be expected. The relentless onslaught of revelations about who is doing what in the name of national security has numbed us into a state of semi-senselessness. Violating our constitutionally-guaranteed right to privacy to protect us from those who would privately plan to physically, financially, and mortally harm us arguably cannot be avoided; the trade-off is safer streets, schools, communities and a heck of a lot...

Columns

It is no surprise if readers of the Macomb Daily are confused about the recent massacre in Charleston. The source of that confusion can be found in attempts to re-direct the public away from racism being the primary reason for Dylann Roof’s actions. Words like terrorist, sick, and mental illness are now being used to obfuscate and blunt the reality of what occurred. One example of that effort can be found in Mitch Kehetian’s recent column about not blaming America for Roof’s actions.